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P. H.-PAXON. Lozenge Cutting Machine. No.' -23i,679. Patented-Aug. 31,1880.

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PHILIP H. PAXON, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

LOZENGE-CUTTiNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 231,679, dated August 31, 1880. Application filed August 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PHILIP H. PAXON, of Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Lozenge Cutting Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a machine that will cut lozenges in a perfect manner, and will not be clogged by the gum and sugar of the lozenge dough.

.In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 3 3 Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross-section on the line Similar letters of reference indicate corre' sponding parts.

A represents a tubular die of any desired cross-section, which is contracted at the upper end, where a cuttingedge, (J, is formed. This die is secured to the movable plate or table]? in the following manner: An annular flange, L, rests on the plate P, and isdrawn up tight by the nut M, which takes in the threaded lower end of A. NN areinterposed washers. This die can very easily be detached or replaced for the purpose of sharpening or repairing it, and is firmly held in its proper position.

The punch consists of a strong threaded tube, F, to the lower end of which the punchinghead B is attached, and has the same crosssection as the cutting-edge C of the die, butis a trifle smaller, so that it will lit into the die, for a purpose that will be explained herein after.

Two or three annular layers, J, of felt or similar material rest 011 the upper edge of the punch-head B, and are retained by the nuts H H. A wick or piece of string, E, passes from these layers of felt, through perforations T, into and through the tube F, into a bulb or vessel, D, provided with a collar, K, by means of which it is fastened to the upper end of F.

The nut G holds the tion.

- The die A is widened below the cutting edge, so that the. fresh-cut lozenges do not ad here to the sides of the die, butdrop down immediately. The springs O O depress the plate P as soon as a lozenge has been out out.

As the cutting-edge 0 passes the layers of felt J, which are continually kept moist by the water carried down from the bulb'D by the wick or string E, it is cleaned,and all gum, sugar, or other materials thatmightclog it are washed off. 1

Any number of dies and corresponding punches may be arranged in one row, and all may be operated at the same time.

The defects of the lozenge-cutting machines that have heretofore been in use are the following: The dies or cutters were cemented to the plate or table and out against a that surface, and were consequently dulled in a very short time. They could not be kept clean and free from gum, sugar, 850., and consequently failed to operate after cutting a few hundred lozenges. it was very inconvenient to remove or detach the cutters for the purpose ot'sharpening or repairing them, and considerable time was lost in consequence. All these defects have been avoided in the above-described machine. The cutters ordies can be removed very easily. They do not cutagainst a flat surface, but cut by shearing the material, and are contin ually clean.

Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination, with punch B, of the felt layers J, the tubes F, having perforations T, the wick E, and the bulb I), as and for the purpose specified.

Witnesses: PHILIP H. PAXON.

JOHN DENTIST, OHAs. T. REED.

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